浿水說 散考 − 遼東浿水說의 흐름과 전망 −

Abstract

Since “Shui Jing Zhu(Commentary to the Rivers Classic)” written in the 6th century, there was no objection against the theory that Pae River was Daidong river in Pyeongyang. However, the doubt against such theory was raised from the 16th century. Some researchers insisted that Pae River was originally located in Liaodong on the basis of several literatures. That insistence was continued by the Korean historians during the period of Japanese occupation. After the independence, some researchers proved the theory using extensive range of grounds more elaborately. Pae River is the hot issue because it is directly related to river areas in the ancient history. However, the discussion in the academic circle on this issue is frozen enough to be considered to be strange. While Pae River is the hot issue for discussion in publication market or online, there are only 5 academic theses published in the periodicals which can be searched by this word “Pae River.” What does this phenomenon mean? At first, it reflects the situation that the academic discussion and exchange of knowledge are stagnated to the extent that it is hard to trace the genealogy of knowledge formation and distribution of knowledge in this field. Next, information from the academic circle related to the first reason doesn't satisfy the needs of the intelligent public. This paper analyzed the grounds and genealogy in the theory in Korea insisting that Pae River was in Liaodong and made the outlook on them. The subject in this paper is related to the colonial history of Japan and Sinocentrism history of China in the global aspects and furthermore to the academic tendency in Korea. It's because the theory is not free from the impact by the external relationship of study. In accordance with the literatures and records, Pae River was in Liaodong before Wiman Joseon and the further discussion will be based on this premise.